ELIZABETH WHARTON DREXEL

Elizabeth Wharton Drexel in a 1905 portrait by Giovanni Boldini

Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (1868-1944) in 1899

Elizabeth Wharton Drexel and Henry Symes Lehr at their wedding in 1901

'Elizabeth Wharton Drexel' (April 22, 1868 – June 13, 1944) was an author and Manhattan socialite.

Contents
Birth
First marriage
Second marriage
World War I
Third marriage
Death
Timeline
Publications
See also
References
Further reading

Birth


She was the daughter of Lucy Wharton (1841-1912) and Joseph William Drexel. [1] Joseph was the son of Francis Martin Drexel, the immigrant ancestor of the Drexel banking family in the United States.

First marriage


Elizabeth married John Vinton Dahlgren I (?-1898) on June 29, 1889. They had a son, John Vinton Dahlgren II (1892-?). Elizabeth was widowed in 1898. John was the son of John Adolph Dahlgren (1809-1870), the Admiral.

Second marriage


Elizabeth married Henry Symes Lehr (1869-1929), aka Harry Lehr in June of 1901. Record of the Rich

World War I


In 1915 the Lehrs were in Paris, and Elizabeth worked for the Red Cross. They remained in Paris after World War I, where they bought in 1923 the ''Hôtel de Canvoie'' at 52, rue des Saintes Pères in the VIIe arrondissement. Harry Lehr died on January 3, 1929 of a brain malady in Baltimore. [2]

Third marriage


In 1931 Elizabeth was presented at Court to King George V and Queen Mary in London. On May 25, 1936 she married John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies. His first wife had been Helen Vivien Gould. [3] [4] He died on January 31, 1944. [5]

Death


She died in 1944 at the Hotel Shelton. She was buried in the Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown University, which she had built as a memorial to her first husband. Lady Decies, Widow of Irish Peer, Dies; Former Elizabeth Drexel of Philadelphia Was Once the Wife of Harry Lehr.

Timeline



★ 1889 Marriage to John Vinton Dahlgren on June 29

★ 1892 Birth of John Vinton Dahlgren II on June 21

★ 1898 Death of John Vinton Dahlgren I

★ 1901 Marriage to Henry Symes Lehr

★ 1915 Red Cross in Paris

★ 1929 Death of Henry Symes Lehr, aka Harry Lehr, on January 3

★ 1936 Marriage to John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, on May 25

★ 1944 Death of John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, on January 31

★ 1944 Death of Elizabeth Wharton Drexel in June

Publications



★ ''"King Lehr" and the Gilded Age'' (1935) ISBN 1404782427

★ ''Turn of the World'' (1937)

See also



★ ''Great Day in the Morning'' is a play by Thomas Babe, based on Elizabeth Wharton Drexel's life.

References


1. Mrs. J.W. Drexel Dead. Former Social Leader of Philadelphia and Mother of Mrs. Harry Lehr.
2. Harry S. Lehr Dies. Once Social Leader. Succumbs To A Brain Malady In Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Late Mrs. Astor's Adviser Noted For Daring And Originality Of His Parties. Married Mrs. J. V. Dahlgren, Heiress. Quickly Got Into Limelight. Furor Over "Monkey Dinner" Story. An Excellent Musician.
3. People
4. Decies to Marry Mrs. Harry Lehr; Widow of New York Leader of Society to Become Bride of Irish Peer on May 23. Announcement in Paris. Bride-Elect Member of Drexel Family. Wrote Book, 'King Lehr and Gilded Age.'
5. Lord Decies dies in England at 77. Soldier, Sportsman, Friend of Taxpayer. Married Gould Heiress Here in 1911.

Further reading



★ Time; August 5, 1935; Review of ''"King Lehr" and the Gilded Age''

★ Time; May 18, 1936 announcing the engagement of "Mrs. Henry Symes Lehr" with Lord Decies.

★ Time; June 1, 1936 announcing the marriage of "Mrs. Henry Symes Lehr" and Lord Decies.

★ Photo of Lord Decies and his wife after the civil wedding on the steps of the Mairie of the 7ième arrondissement of Paris.

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